Eli Saslow is a staff writer for The Washington Post and a contributor to ESPN The Magazine. He has won a Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting, a George Polk Award for national reporting and been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing. His first book, Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President, was published by Doubleday in 2011. He lives in Takoma Park, Maryland with his wife and two daughters.

In this inspiring and powerful look at the issues facing Americans today, reporter Eli Saslow creates vivid portraits of the lives of ten citizens who corresponded with President Obama. Their letters, and the president’s handwritten responses, tell of the personal struggles behind everything from healthcare to immigration to war. One mother...